Plex Endpoint Support / Plexamp Headless

[nadanre]

I just had a little conversation with the Plex-Support, asking about the state of plex endpoint integration. As of their last roadmap Plex Endpoint/Plexamp Headless support is listed under "actively working on".
According to the support they are still evaluating it and are in fact not actively working on it. I really would like to see headless plexamp on the wiim ultra, because the current implementation is really flawed.
For example: Under artist pages there are only albums shown, no eps or live-albums or compilations.
Also preset-playlists only contain the first 500 tracks...
From my understanding it should be easier to implement a true plex endpoint, than trying to implement all the functions "manually" and bit by bit within the wiim home app.
I guess there are a few others that would like to see this feature, since also chromecast with plexamp is really in dire need of an update, since it doesnt even show track, or artist names not even talking about album art. But from my understanding that is something the Plex/Plexamp team would need to fix/implement.

All that aside, I am still really happy with the plex support so far, and all the improvements that have been made so far.
All the best to all of you,
Navid

 

[ZyntaX]

Smells money to me Plex trying to gain revenue, hence the big price increases recently.. Plex could help sort this out fairly quickly I reckon, if they wanted to...

Quite a lot of assumptions there mate.

 

[Intruder]

Quite a lot of assumptions there mate.

I could be well off the mark not sure I am tbh.... Ryan turns up bimonthly almost, posts words without saying anything... Time will tell I suppose.

 

[pieterv1]

Hey everyone! I've reached out to the team again but I don't have any news for you right now. I'll let you know when I hear something I can share!

That's just rough

 

[simbun]

There has been speculation about PlexAmp 5 for some time now; my guess is that's when you'll see the WiiM endpoint.

 

[ZyntaX]

I could be well off the mark not sure I am tbh.... Ryan turns up bimonthly almost, posts words without saying anything... Time will tell I suppose.

No need to throw stones at Plex when it's Wiim that is not giving any info. If the problem was at Plex they would say so.

 

[Intruder]

No need to throw stones at Plex when it's Wiim that is not giving any info. If the problem was at Plex they would say so.

Throwing stones at no one just an observation and knowing Plex well as I've been a pass holder for well over a decade, also been active on their forums in the past... I stand by the statement that if Plex wanted to sort it they could, not many chipsets or SoC's they don't have knowledge of..

 

[ZyntaX]

Throwing stones at no one just an observation and knowing Plex well as I've been a pass holder for well over a decade, also been active on their forums in the past... I stand by the statement that if Plex wanted to sort it they could, not many chipsets or SoC's they don't have knowledge of..

Could you point me to that information? That Plex could fix Wiim integration?

 

[Burnside]

Could you point me to that information? That Plex could fix Wiim integration?

It would need cooperation from both sides as evidenced by the recent YouTube Music integration which was delivered jointly by WiiM and Google/YTM developers.

 

[Intruder]

Could you point me to that information? That Plex could fix Wiim integration?

What are you talking about? I've just told you why I think it.....

 

[Burnside]

What are you talking about? I've just told you why I think it.....

While Plex might have knowledge of different hardware, I’d say they have little or no knowledge of WiiM’s firmware so couldn’t deceiver Plexamp integration without involvement from WiiM. It’s more likely that WiiM need to do the lion’s share of the work using API’s or packaged code libraries from Plex, where there’d be the usual two way communication about how to use those assets to achieve integration.

 

[Intruder]

While Plex might have knowledge of different hardware, I’d say they have little or no knowledge of WiiM’s firmware so couldn’t deceiver Plexamp integration without involvement from WiiM. It’s more likely that WiiM need to do the lion’s share of the work using API’s or packaged code libraries from Plex, where there’d be the usual two way communication about how to use those assets to achieve integration.

If the roadmap is to be believed, they have had the source code long enough to make decent progress now...

 

[ZyntaX]

What are you talking about? I've just told you why I think it.....

Ok well if it's just stating guesses without any real info.
I state it's because the position of Jupiter and Saturnus coincides with the moon that is the reason. For sure.

 

[Burnside]

If the roadmap is to be believed, they have had the source code long enough to make decent progress now...

I wouldn’t infer that from the roadmap, but all this speculation is rather pointless until WiiM actually confirm some progress which they haven’t done to date. Once they can, I’m sure they will…

 

[Intruder]

Ok well if it's just stating guesses without any real info.
I state it's because the position of Jupiter and Saturnus coincides with the moon that is the reason. For sure.

Observation over 14 years rather than guessing, but you call it what you want...

 

[ZyntaX]

Observation over 14 years rather than guessing, but you call it what you want...

My observation is that it's stated as being worked on in roadmap.
Support says it's not being worked on actively.
And when asked about it, no reply.

Not sure how anyone can point anywhere other than Wiim at that point.

 

[Intruder]

My observation is that it's stated as being worked on in roadmap.
Support says it's not being worked on actively.
And when asked about it, no reply.

Not sure how anyone can point anywhere other than Wiim at that point.

If thats what you believe, good for you....

 

[ZyntaX]

If thats what you believe, good for you....

And can you point to the info your 14 years of observation details?

 

[Intruder]

And can you point to the info your 14 years of observation details?

It's called reading and prior knowledge gained from being an active member of the Plex forums.. Want to stop stalking me? You are getting very close to being muted...

 

[ZyntaX]

It's called reading and prior knowledge gained from being an active member of the Plex forums.. Want to stop stalking me? You are getting very close to being muted...

Stalking for calling your bad info out? Sure mute me.
You bring nothing of value anyways.
Stating worthless guesses is useless to everyone.

 

[Intruder]

Stalking for calling your bad info out? Sure mute me.
You bring nothing of value anyways.
Stating worthless guesses is useless to everyone.

Obviously you are an expert, I've just been using and abusing Plex for 14 years, I was there when plexamp first appeared and semi public beta started, it had no Chromecast support or anything, it was terrible and unusable...